Studios at Porter Mill

Specialties

We are a community of over 50 artists, and a contemporary art gallery with rotating exhibitions.

History

Established in 2011.

Porter Mill was first occupied in 1895 and was associated with Beverly’s famous shoe industry. Through the years the building housed Decoron Plastics, Superior Hat Company, Superior Real Estate, Criterion Shoe Company, Lion Leather and Plastic and Porter Sewing Machine Corporation.

Today, the building is home to fifty cermisists, jewelers, musicians, painters, printmakers, photographers and more. The gallery hosts monthly rotating exhibits featuring the work of Porter Mill artists as well as artists from the community, and on the First Thursday of every month the studios are opened to the public.